We LOVE it when
brand new beauty + skin care products are launched that use the
latest scientific research. We are
all for it. But do your
homework. It's
smart to get
2nd opinions to see if the
product or
treatment is for you and
safe.
This brings us to a
brand new Botox called
Silhouette Soft. We like the
name of this
new injectable being introduced by the
well-respected dermatologist of
Cindy Crawford.
His
name is
Dr. Jean-Louis Sebagh. He runs
famous skin care clinics in both
Paris + London. Plus, he created
Cindy's skin care line "Meaningful Beauty."
What's so BAD about
Silhouette Soft?
Hopefully NOT a
thing. But when we learned what the
injectable was made from, a
beauty red flag went up. In a
moment, we will explain our
humble opinion.
First---the
new Botox is
"as big and important as Botox was 7 years ago," claims
Mr. Sebagh. It's given to the
patient with a
needle to
temporarily restore
lovely volume to the
face and to arrest
wrinkles.
Sounds
great, so far. And it only takes about
30 mins. for a session. NO
downtime, and according to Dr. Sebagh, the
New Botox continues to 'grow' inside the
patient by encouraging the
body to produce its OWN
collagen over time, so that the
face remains
buoyant + youthful.
Touch-ups are advised after a
year or
year and a half.
The
cost is about
$2,000.
Here's where we start squirming......The
Soft Silhouette uses
thread made of
poly-l-lactic acid, which acts on the
deep skin layers.
.
Poly-l-lactic acid is otherwise known as
Sculptra. Most of you have heard about this
popular injection that was initially used for
HIV patients to
successfully fill and restore
volume to
gaunt or
depressed facial features.
One Boston plastic surgeon we have interviewed quietly told us to NEVER receive an
injectable made of
poly-l-lactic acid or even the
popular Radiesse filler. He advised us that these
2 facial fillers in
general can cause
problems beneath the DEEP
skin layers. So, if the
skin suddenly develops an
allergic reaction or
infection, it is DIFFICULT to remove
poly-l-lactic acid or
Radiesse from the
face, because these
formulas can harden like
cement.
Fillers like
Juvederm, Restylane + Perlane are
all safe, this
doctor has told us...as is
Botox.
So, just our
humble opinion, but coming from the advice of a
longtime, brilliant plastic surgeon. We are not naming him
today, because we do not want to throw
shade at
Dr. Sebagh's new product launch.
And we did not interview this
plastic surgeon about
Dr. Sebagh's new threading proceure.
The
beauty lesson here:
...Do your
homework. Find the BEST
products for you.
Maybe you have had
Sculptra or
Radiesse and LOVE it. That's
fine. Just trying to give another
opinion.
By the way.....
Silhouette Soft is
FDA-cleared for the
US market and CE marked for the
European market.